import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; public class FileExt{ public static void main(String[] args){ String[] tests = {"text.txt", "text.TXT", "test.tar.gz", "test/test2.exe", "test\\test2.exe", "test", "a/b/c\\d/foo"}; String[] exts = {".txt",".gz","",".bat"}; System.out.println("Extensions: " + Arrays.toString(exts) + "\n"); for(String test:tests){ System.out.println(test +": " + extIsIn(test, exts)); } } public static boolean extIsIn(String test, String... exts){ int lastSlash = Math.max(test.lastIndexOf('/'), test.lastIndexOf('\\')); //whichever one they decide to use today String filename = test.substring(lastSlash + 1);//+1 to get rid of the slash or move to index 0 if there's no slash //end of the name if no dot, last dot index otherwise int lastDot = filename.lastIndexOf('.') == -1 ? filename.length() : filename.lastIndexOf('.'); String ext = filename.substring(lastDot);//everything at the last dot and after is the extension Arrays.sort(exts);//sort for the binary search return Arrays.binarySearch(exts, ext, new Comparator() { //just use the built-in binary search method @Override //it will let us specify a Comparator and it's fast enough public int compare(String o1, String o2) { return o1.compareToIgnoreCase(o2); } }) >= 0;//binarySearch returns negative numbers when it's not found } }